should WIS go to a field of 68?

Should they: Yes, Of course.
Will they actually do it: of course not

Posted by zagsrulez on 3/15/2018 1:22:00 PM (view original):
Should they: Yes, Of course.
Will they actually do it: of course not

Spot on man.

I dunno. I'm not a fan of first four and sending auto qualifiers to requalify in Dayton. 64 was the right number of teams, my Sun Devils should have been in the NIT.

Do you guys really want to wait a whole extra day for your 1st round NT game so 4 games can sim with low NT seeds?

Posted by kcsundevil on 3/15/2018 2:39:00 PM (view original):
I dunno. I'm not a fan of first four and sending auto qualifiers to requalify in Dayton. 64 was the right number of teams, my Sun Devils should have been in the NIT.

Especially considering how USC got screwed.

Posted by metsmax on 3/15/2018 12:52:00 PM (view original):
should WIS go to a field of 68?

They should bring back amazon gift cards first.

I remember way back in the day when I first played this game 2003/4 they talked about adding non-conference tournaments and were very ambitious and excited about the game. Then they flipped it to Fox and the Fox handed it off to Sports Hub.

Im not very optimistic anything innovative will happen.

Posted by kcsundevil on 3/15/2018 2:39:00 PM (view original):
I dunno. I'm not a fan of first four and sending auto qualifiers to requalify in Dayton. 64 was the right number of teams, my Sun Devils should have been in the NIT.

I agree with this. 68 teams is ridiculous compared to 64. Its pointless to add 4 more teams. I think it would impact HD more than it does real life. Because those 65-68 guys might have been teams that started freshmen for promises, and those extra 4 might make a run.

I'm much more in favor of getting rid of the first four in real life, than I'd be in favor of adding it to HD. It reminds me of CFB playoff system... There's never gonna be enough teams. Now it's 4. People want 6 to have one at-large along with the champ from each Big 5. People want 8 because it makes a fair and balanced bracket. And there's arguments for every scenario. The CB tourney should sit at 64 as it's perfect.

Is 64 perfect? How many double digit seeds will move on? 3-5? A case could be made for 32. Or even 16.

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 11:56:00 AM (view original):
Is 64 perfect? How many double digit seeds will move on? 3-5? A case could be made for 32. Or even 16.

I'm ok with this also. My point is, it's been a simple 64 for a long time. If they want to add teams, why just 4? It's goofy. 32 would be fine by me. But the Cinderella stories bring revenue and people root for the little guy (i personally don't). So i don't see 32 happening. And I'm not saying it should either. I just think the additional 4 teams is pointless. For the overall appeal.

Posted by tkimble on 3/15/2018 2:42:00 PM (view original):
Do you guys really want to wait a whole extra day for your 1st round NT game so 4 games can sim with low NT seeds?

First thing I thought of.

Besides, in RL, you have 32 auto bids but only 27 in HD so you already have a bigger 'bubble' so the play in games aren't really needed. That's why they added them in the first place - because MWC was created and they had to add another bid.

Posted by topdogggbm on 3/16/2018 12:30:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 11:56:00 AM (view original):
Is 64 perfect? How many double digit seeds will move on? 3-5? A case could be made for 32. Or even 16.

I'm ok with this also. My point is, it's been a simple 64 for a long time. If they want to add teams, why just 4? It's goofy. 32 would be fine by me. But the Cinderella stories bring revenue and people root for the little guy (i personally don't). So i don't see 32 happening. And I'm not saying it should either. I just think the additional 4 teams is pointless. For the overall appeal.

The addition of the four was to generate revenue/attention for two extra days. Plus 68 gets roughly 20% of the teams into the post-season. Which is still very low in the major sports. I think the next lowest is 30%(MLB).

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 12:47:00 PM (view original):

Posted by topdogggbm on 3/16/2018 12:30:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 11:56:00 AM (view original):
Is 64 perfect? How many double digit seeds will move on? 3-5? A case could be made for 32. Or even 16.

I'm ok with this also. My point is, it's been a simple 64 for a long time. If they want to add teams, why just 4? It's goofy. 32 would be fine by me. But the Cinderella stories bring revenue and people root for the little guy (i personally don't). So i don't see 32 happening. And I'm not saying it should either. I just think the additional 4 teams is pointless. For the overall appeal.

The addition of the four was to generate revenue/attention for two extra days. Plus 68 gets roughly 20% of the teams into the post-season. Which is still very low in the major sports. I think the next lowest is 30%(MLB).

Obviously with the revenue/attention. But I've never paid attention to the percentage of teams in postseason. That's a good point. I guess my eye just looks for balance.

For example, i see the 64 teams in, and i look at the added 4 teams tiny lil bracket and its just weird to me. But, if the tournament was say, 96 teams, and the first round was all the teams battling for the 9-16 seeds, I'd fill out my bracket happily and not think anything about it. And for the percentage of post season teams, that would still be under 30. I'm not sure how beneficial that would be for the sport. But it wouldn't make me raise my uni-brow when looking at the format.